On a more serious note. CPU or was it Maximum PC did a piece on how Intel 'encouraged' the bundling of their products when approaching OEM computer/laptop assemblers etc. Competing for market share is healthy, but offering incentives to delay or stall rival Advanced Micro Devices products is alittle bit dicey. Poor AMD--the most brilliant designers, but somehow problems in execution of business.

On a more serious note. CPU or was it Maximum PC did a piece on how Intel 'encouraged' the bundling of their products when approaching OEM computer/laptop assemblers etc. Competing for market share is healthy, but offering incentives to delay or stall rival Advanced Micro Devices products is alittle bit dicey. Poor AMD--the most brilliant designers, but somehow problems in execution of business.

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Intel had bad moments when athlon xp/64 were good and p4/d were not so good, so I guess they don't want to risk nothing again

Good Point TARTAROS. Nvidia is still not too comfortable with the moment of dominance enjoyed by the AMD ATI Radeon 4870x2. Nvidia has CUDA now, so competition is good. I know that ATI supposedly uses a narrower bandwidth with GDDR5 type memory while Nvidio uses wider bandwidth with sub-DDR5. But I think the Invidia GTX 285 has GDDR5 memory now. I will never ort out the bandwidth v.s. GDDR type debate on graphics cards. I'm a 'new arrival'. Not in a science-fiction Alien Nation sense. Best Wishes